May 31, 2020
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Disney's odd attempt to create a superhero, and a troubled X-Men movie.
Condorman was a big gamble for Disney in the early 80s, as it tried to follow in the path of Superman. Things didn't go to plan.
Nor did they with the third X-Men film, that lost a couple of...
May 25, 2020
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a sequel with a bumpy production, and a blockbuster that was originally set for Spielberg.
Scream 4 (2011) was intended to kickstart a new trilogy of films. But who was ultimately in control of it?
Delays kept hitting The Mask Of Zorro (1998) meanwhile. And it lost...
May 18, 2020
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a film that started at three pages long, and another that happened when its creatives quit a different project.
Looper (2012) was originally set to be a short movie, until writer/director Rian Johnson expanded it. And its funding model proved very, very beneficial.
The...
May 10, 2020
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a $100m supernatural thriller and a career comeback for Richard Dreyfuss.
What Lies Beneath was one of two films Robert Zemeckis directed pretty much at the same time - but it came with logistical problems.
As for Mr Holland's Opus, the film came to life quite quickly,...
May 4, 2020
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a 'strange' action movie hit, and a sequel that took seven years to come together.
Face/Off was originally set 100 years in the future, and at one stage Johnny Depp was on the wishlist. Plus one studio bought the film and let it go.
Rocky Balboa saw Sylvester Stallone...